hyphantria cunea

1. 1.

   a variety of webworm

   Synonymsfall webworm

   Broaderwebworm

   Part ofHyphantria
2. 2.

   moth whose larvae are fall webworms

   Broaderwebworm moth

   Part ofHyphantria

Questions about hyphantria cunea

What does hyphantria cunea mean?

hyphantria cunea means "a variety of webworm". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for hyphantria cunea?

Close synonyms include fall webworm. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hyphantria cunea a common word?

hyphantria cunea is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.